While maintaining that government has not breached the constitution, coalition members the Alliance for Change (AFC) and the Working People’s Alliance (WPA) yesterday voiced their hope that a date for elections will now be swiftly identified.
Speaking at back to back press conferences held yesterday, the two parties said that President David Granger has so far acted constitutionally by choosing to wait on the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) before proclaiming a date for the polls, which are constitutionally due as a result of a no-confidence being passed against government. With Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) Chairperson Justice (ret’d) Claudette Singh advising that GECOM would be ready to hold elections by the end of February, the two parties also expressed hope that the opposition People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C) will provide parliamentary support for GECOM’s timeframe.